homicide the pate brisee
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Set the flour, butter and salt in a meals processor and process for five seconds; the butter may clean clean be in pieces. Add the ice water and process for five seconds longer, factual till the dough comes collectively; the butter may clean clean be considered.
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Preserve shut away the dough from the processor and to find it precise into a ball. On a evenly floured floor, roll out the dough precise into a 16-by-18-accelerate oval 1/16 to 1/8 accelerate thick. Drape the dough over the rolling pin and switch it to a gigantic, heavy baking sheet. Relax the dough till agency, about 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400°.
homicide the filling
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In a little bowl, mix 1/4 cup of the sugar with the bottom almonds and flour. Spread this combination evenly over the dough to inner 2 inches of the brink. Organize the plum wedges on high and dot with the butter. Sprinkle all however 1 teaspoon of the final 1/3 cup sugar over the fruit. Fold the brink of the dough up over the plums to acquire a 2-accelerate border. (If the dough feels cool and agency, await a short time till it softens to forestall it from cracking.) Sprinkle the border with the reserved 1 teaspoon of sugar.
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Bake the galette in the course of the oven for approximately 1 hour, till the fruit is awfully soft and the crust is richly browned. If any juices hang leaked onto the baking sheet, roam a knife below the galette to release it from the sheet. Evenly brush the preserves over the contemporary fruit; brush some up onto the crust, too, if desired. Let the galette cool to room temperature earlier than serving.
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